The resignation comes as the public struggles with record high prices of the country’s traditional staple food.

Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, ...

Of the seven semiconductor fabs completed in Japan during fiscal 2023–2024 (April 2023 to March 2025), only three had begun ...

Two Japanese air force members died shortly after their training aircraft crashed last week, the air force chief confirmed on ...

Japan has been looking to replace its older T-4 jet trainer, as Tokyo requires more modern aircraft to prepare pilots for the ...

Eto's controversial comments came when his ministry decided to release rice from emergency stockpiles to help curb prices that have roughly doubled from a year earlier due to a poor harvest, and the ...

Japan's farm minister Taku Eto on Monday came under fire after saying that he does not need to buy rice because he receives ...

MIYAZAKI — Taku Eto, who was dismissed from his position as agriculture minister after making a gaffe about rice, returned to ...

A camping area with large, luxurious tents opened last year on the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture. The facility was installed ...